The Blue Cloud & Mason's Apron by champion Piper Stuart Liddell during recital in Braemar 2022

Champion Scottish bagpiper Stuart Liddell playing a Jig & Hornpipe during his recital at the Braemar Gathering and Highland Games centre on 26th March 2022. The first tune "The Blue Cloud" composed by Adam Quinn about a car is a challenging and famous 6-parted jig complete with slide notes, made famous by the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. The second tune "The Mason's Apron" is a traditional tune Hornpipe, an early version of which entitled "Braes of Glenorchy" dates back to a collection of Strathspey Reels from 1778.
Stuart Liddell from Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland, is a piper of great distinction, who has won many of the top awards in solo piping, including several Gold Medals and has twice won the Glenfiddich Piping Championship. Stuart lives in Inveraray and is Pipe major of the Grade 1 Inveraray & District Pipe Band, which he founded in 2003.

[@dominicmurphy3850]

The only other pipers I ever saw with fingers like Stuarts was Tony MacDonald in fact this could be the reincarnation of Tony MacDonald

[@nicolettemitchell3146]

Mesmerizing

[@WootTootZoot]

All right fingers, you guys need to watch and listen, ok, you've been slacking off lately.

[@jackmaclean6007]

Absolutely amazing

[@alexmackenzie2646]

Spectacular piping Stuart, no wonder band has gone from 4 to 1 at worlds 5 stsr

[@user-wb2ct8ci2l]

Please realise what a genius this man actually is and enjoy him while he still plays!!

[@LINDATHRALL-pb8zu]

NOW THAT'S THE TALENT I LIKE AND NEVER GET TIRED OF

[@adamturner8732]

Mans the best in the world

[@bobraasch8699]

A real treat for the ears. Those flying fingers...simply amazing.

[@skeenmn7396]

Bravo!

[@oliveroneill1388]

Well done. Barney mc Kenna would be proud

[@oliveroneill1388]

Well deserved

[@patruddiman4228]

Awesome. Love the bagpipes. I'm of Scottish heritage and I would like to learn. FYI one of my Ruddiman relatives was married to a Liddell.

[@EricOwensFlute]

Stuart is amazing!

[@matthubbard6353]

Mason's Apron =

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Brilliant Braemar! Fantastic to be hearing this and beautifully filmed and recorded too, no mucking about can watch fingers and hear a perfect recording. Those drones are just LOCKED in. Awesome. Convinced Stuart has grace notes on his grace notes.... ;)

[@LOLzum101]

HE MADE A MISTAKE I CANT BELIEVE IT

[@dappy710]

Anyone know where I can get the music for the Blue Cloud? Thanks

[@seagulls566]

Brilliant love it.

[@masemanweaver]

Absolutely outstanding!!